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Cape Breton Regional Municipality, typically described as merely CBRM is the Canadian province of Nova Scotia’s second-largest municipality and the economic heart of Cape Breton Island. The municipality has a population of 94,285. The town was created in 1995 through the amalgamation of 8 municipalities located in Cape Breton County.

The area is house to a significant concentration of federal government services, social enterprise, and economic sector companies, consisting of the Canadian Coast Guard College, Cape Breton University, NSCC Marconi campus, and New Dawn Enterprises. The backwoods of the town continue to host resource industries such as agriculture, fishing, mining, and forestry. CBRM is host to many cultural landmarks and organizations such as the historic Savoy Theatre, the Celtic Colours International Festival, the Cape Breton Centre for Craft, the Highland Arts Theatre, and Holy Angels Arts & Cultural Center, currently going through a $12 million remodeling.

The area hosts one of Nova Scotia’s leading tourism locations, the Fortress of Louisbourg national park site, run by Parks Canada as a living history museum. The Trans-Canada Highway terminates in North Sydney, where Marine Atlantic ferryboats connect to both Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, where the highway starts again, and Argentia.